大臣の職、牧師の職
解説 Definition
政府の大臣や教会の牧師としての職・務め、またはその在任期間を指す名詞です。政治か宗教かという文脈によって、どちらの職を表すかが決まります。
Ministership is the position, role, or period of serving as a minister. It can refer to a government minister or, in some contexts, a religious minister. The exact meaning depends on whether the topic is politics or religion.
使い方 Usage
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
minister に、leadership や ownership と同じ -ship が付いた形。「大臣・牧師という人」から「その地位・務め・在任期間」へ意識をずらすと覚えやすくなります。
Think of minister plus -ship, as in leadership or ownership. Shift your focus from the person to the position, role, or period of service.
例文
She accepted the ministership of education after the election.
彼女は選挙後、教育相の職を引き受けた。
His ministership ended when the cabinet was reshuffled.
彼の大臣としての在任期間は、内閣改造で終わった。
After graduating from seminary, he took up a ministership at a rural church.
神学校を卒業した後、彼は地方の教会で牧師職に就いた。
ministership の類義語・関連語
ministership の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ministership は minister＋-ship。minister は古フランス語を経てラテン語 minister「仕える者」にさかのぼり、さらに minor/minus「より小さい」と同系で、もとは“上位者に仕える役”の感覚です。-ship は「地位・職務」を表し、ministry, administer も近縁です。
Ministership combines minister with the suffix -ship, which shows a state, rank, or office. Minister came through Old French from Latin minister, meaning "servant" or "attendant," and it is related to minus and minor, with the older sense of someone in a lower position serving another. The word came to mean the office or period of being a minister, and it is related to ministry and administer.
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